Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund

Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund (died 2 December 2018) was the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand Province during the Afghanistan War. He was said to have been a powerful and brave commander who cleared 95% of Helmand from US and Afghan government forces, and he also oversaw the production of opium in Helmand, the country's largest opium-growing region. On 2 December 2018, he and 29 others were killed in a US drone strike while he was greeting fighters in the Nawzad district.